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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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6,091 words match “MET”

METRIFY v.
To make verse. [R.] Skelton.
METRIST n.
A maker of verses. Bale. Spenser was no mere metrist, but a great composer. Lowell.
METRITIS n.
Inflammation of the womb.
METROCHROME n.
An instrument for measuring colors.
METROGRAPH n.
An instrument attached to a locomotive for recording its speed and the number and duration of its stops.
METROLOGICAL a.
Of or pertaining to metrology.
METROLOGY n.
The science of, or a system of, weights and measures; also, a treatise on the subject.
METROMANIA n.
A mania for writing verses.
METROMANIAC n.
One who has metromania.
METROMETER n.
An instrument for measuring the size of the womb. Knight.
METRONOME n.
An instrument consisting of a short pendulum with a sliding weight. It is set in motion by clockwork, and serves to measure time in music.
METRONOMY n.
Measurement of time by an instrument.
METRONYMIC a.
Derived from the name of one's mother, or other female ancestor; as, a metronymic name or appellation. -- A metronymic appellation.
METROPOLE n.
A metropolis. [Obs.] Holinshed.
METROPOLIS n. 2 definitions
The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or country. [Edinburgh] gray metropolis of the North. Tennyson.
METROPOLITAN a. 5 definitions
Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury.
METROPOLITANATE n.
The see of a metropolitan bishop. Milman.
METROPOLITE n.
A metropolitan. Barrow.
METROPOLITICAL a.
Of or pertaining to a metropolis; being a metropolis; metropolitan; as, the metropolitical chair. Bp. Hall.
METRORRHAGIA n.
Profuse bleeding from the womb, esp. such as does not occur at the menstrual period.
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